Writings On Nehru

This anthology of Nehru's writings, edited by S. Gopal, is a comprehensive and first rate selection. It has been compiled mainly from his speeches and writings. The compilation indicates the evolution of his mind and personality and gives some idea of his enormous range of interests.

India's first seventeen years of independence were dominated by the goals and dynamic leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. In this authoritative biography, a renowned expert on the history of India examines the life of the country's foremost politician.

Shashi Tharoor delivers an incisive biography of the great secularist who—alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi—led the movement for India’s independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. The man who would one day help topple British rule and become India’s first prime minister started out as a surprisingly unremarkable student. Born into a wealthy, politically influential Indian family in the waning years of the Raj, Jawaharlal Nehru was raised on Western secularism and the humanist ideas of the Enlightenment. Once he met Gandhi in 1916, Nehru threw himself into the nonviolent struggle for India’s independence, a struggle that wasn’t won until 1947. India had found a perfect political complement to her more spiritual advocate, but neither Nehru nor Gandhi could prevent the horrific price for independence: partition. This fascinating biography casts an unflinching eye on Nehru’s heroic efforts for, and stewardship of, independent India and gives us a careful appraisal of his legacy to the world.

The book has two sections. Articles that are grouped in the first section present a coherent analysis of some of the events that shaped Nehru as a great statesman. Each article presented sums up the intellectual thinking that surrounded in an altogether different way. Further, those articles which are presented in the second section relate to the thought making process in India. Here, the author analyses the impact of various ideologies like the western liberalism, opposition to fascism and militarism, the impact of Russian Revolution of 1917, etc., that nurtured and affected Indian mind. Lastly, the author laments the functioning of Rumpites vis-a-vis that of Gandhian ideals and Nehruvean norms.Quite a few writers like the Laskian ones can recreate great minds and can see the nation making process in a wholesome manner.Salient featuresThe book?presents an analysis on Nehruvean thoughts.?presents a contemporary picture of national politics and modern political communities.?gives a clear picture of contemporary Indian thought making processes.?speaks not only to the political activists and intellectuals but also to almost all social scientists and general readers.?is of great value to those who want to know as how Nehru shaped himself as a great statesman.?is very useful to the students and teachers of Political Science and Modern Indian History.

This book is a memoir of Dr C. Rangarajan, an Indian economist, a former Member of Parliament, and the 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. The book includes his journey as an economist and RBI Governor and brings to light some of the hidden truths surrounding India's economic history.

This Study, Focussed On Jawaharlal Nehru The Writer, Examines His Construction Of The Indian Nation, His Role As A Citizen Of The World, His Distinct Historiography, His Strong Affinities With Nature, His Subjectivity And The Inter-Textuality Of His Books, His Limpid Prose Couched In Human Idiom, And Several Other Issues. It Also Critiques All The Major Books Of Nehru And Demonstrates That The Statesman And The Writer In Him Are Unisolable Aspects Of His Integrated Personality. The Discourse In This Volume Covers A Whole Range Of Tangled And At Times Contested Issues Including Nehru'S Views On Provincialism, Casteism, Linguism And Communalism, The Attributes Of His Literary Sensibility, His Engagement With The Socio-Political And Cultural Movements Within And Outside India, His Profound Concern For Human Predicament In His Times, And His Dynamism And Compassion Which Struck Spontaneous Rapport With The Masses. The Volume Makes Stimulating And Rewarding Reading.